[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8271]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests
March 30, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major License.
b. Project No.: 2161-006.
c. Date Filed: June 26, 1998.
d. Applicant: Rhinelander Paper Company.
e. Name of Project: Rhinelander Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Wisconsin River in the townships of Tomahawk,
Newbold, Pine Lake, and Pelican and in the county of Oneida, Wisconsin.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Bruce Olson, Utility Superintendent,
Rhinelander Paper Company, 515 West Davenport Street, Rhinelander, WI
54501, (715) 369-4244.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Michael Spencer, E-mail address michael.spencer@ferc.fed.us, or
telephone 202-219-2846.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they
must also serve a copy of that document on that resource agency.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of the project: The project consists of the
following existing facilities: (1) a main dam comprised of 370 feet of
earth embankments, in two sections to the left and right of a spillway
section containing two 10.7-foot-wide steel roller gates; (2) a 965-
foot-long power canal, with a single 36-foot-wide Taintor gate spillway
structure located downstream of a 14-gate canal inlet structure,
located adjacent to the right embankment of the dam; (3) a 8.5-mile-
long, 3,576-acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of
1,555.45 feet above mean sea level (msl), and a normal storage capacity
of 21,500 acre-feet; (4) a powerhouse located at the downstream end of
the power canal, containing three, horizontal Francis turbine units for
a total installed capacity of 2,120 kilowatts (kW) and an average
annual energy production of 10.692 gigawatt-hours (GWh); (5) switchgear
connections with the adjacent paper mill; and (6) appurtenant
facilities.
m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First
Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426. this filing may be
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-
208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8271 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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